The reality that the Gulf oil leak could keep flowing for months was setting in Sunday for some somber churchgoers in Louisiana.

In Plaquemines Parish near the mouth of the Mississippi River, the Rev. Theodore Turner said of his congregants are getting desperate because BP has been unable to stop the leak.

Turner, of Mount Oliver Baptist Church in Boothville, said about a third of his congregation is made up of fishers. He said shrimpers are also getting more anxious as they realize there is less chance they will recover.

At St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Port Sulphur, church member Lyle Stockstill said the community is drawing closer to their faith as the nation's worst oil spill grows.